Three games in eight days may sound hard. After two road games, Chivas USA players and coaching staff are tired, but the determination and the desire to earn three points at home facing D.C. United this Sunday, still stands as the main objective.

Chivas USA Head Coach Jose Luis Real had three days of work with the team in Los Angeles ahead of the third and final match of the week, and he reiterated that the Red-and-White only look to reach one objective, the positive results.

“In just a few days we have the opportunity to play at home and to do everything necessary to play well, because by playing well, it gives us more opportunity to win,” Real told cdchivasusa.com. “I don’t have a single doubt that the team is responding to its fans, but we still need the results. We’re responding back with effort and playing well. But we’re still in debt with the results.”

For Chivas USA, the reality is simple and to the point. With a record of 5-15-7 (W-L-T), the Red-and-White count with 22 points, positioning themselves in last place of the Western Conference. But Sunday’s rival, D.C. United, is not exactly in a better situation. With 14 points in the season so far, the last place team in the Eastern Conference has added up a total of three victories, fallen on 18 occasions and earned five games.

Regardless, the statistics won’t change the desire and the effort that Chivas USA will put out on the field this Sunday against D.C. United.

“We’ve faced teams that are in the top spots and those that aren’t doing so well. Personally, I don’t see a difference; I see a very strong league and believe me, we face every match as if the rival was in first place, which for me, for us, all the teams are opponents that we need to be careful of,” Coach Real said.

Though being close to reaching their objectives, Chivas USA have not been able to keep them on a permanent basis as it would wish. This Sunday’s match will be yet another opportunity to demonstrate to themselves, and the fans, the hard work that the team puts in day-by-day, game-by-game.

“I think that we have to comply with that compromise that we have with the executive staff, our fans, but most of all with ourselves to do things better every time, to play better each time and in that way, we’re going to have better opportunities to win,” Real finalized.

Fans will be able to enjoy this Sunday’s match live from the StubHub Center starting at 6 pm (PT). The match will also be televised on KDOC-56 and Mundo Fox-22. For all the latest news and updates on the club, make sure to follow us on Twitter: @cdchivasusa.